Special Report

Every day, dozens of trucks roar through a dirt road into Angwan Kade, a village in Kokona Local Government Area of Nasarawa State in North-Central Nigeria. Then they speed off, laden with tonnes of precious stones, leaving in their wake…

By Monday Ocheja Continued rising costs of food and related ingredients in Nigeria have hindered many families meeting the required balance diet. These foods are grouped into carbohydrates, vitamins, protein, and fats, among others.…

By Sola Ojo In Sub-Saharan Africa, and Nigeria to be specific, malaria is still a significant public health issue that is of great concern to local and foreign interests. It is said that every two minutes, malaria kills a Nigerian child…

By Monday Ocheja Most former workers of closed down textile companies in Kaduna have continued to narrate their plights and wallowing experience over uncompensated labour. Some of the companies closed down due to erratic power supply,…

By Timothy Kalyegira Independence came at the start of the 1960s following, in the 1950s, a decade of the largest and most consequential industrial and infrastructural expansion in Uganda’s history, and on which the country remains…

By Nanji Nandang President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria says his country is recording considerable success in the fight against terrorism. ‘‘As a result of the renewed vigour of Nigeria’s military, many terrorist fighters are voluntarily…

By Victor Enengedi Tobi Akinwumi (not real name) set out to see his parents who live in the Badagry area of Lagos State on a sunny Saturday afternoon. His thought was that the journey would not amount to more than a two-hour drive from…